Search Results: Titles starting with M from Astro Trader Books

THOMAS M. DISCH. THE M.D. A HORROR STORY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. First Edition. Condition: Fine /Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright with no markings, no foxing, no tears, no stains and binding tight. A about fine pristine copy. Dust jacket is unclipped with the original $22.00 price on inner flap. Dust jacket still has its original gloss with only mild shelf wear and micro ships to edges as to be expected for a vintage DJ of this age. Not ex-library, not a BCE (Book Club Edition), not a reprint and no remainder marks. Disch is praised by writers Steven King and Dean Koontz for this book on the dust jacket. Thomas Disch wrote the early novels; "The Genocides" and "Mankind Under the Leash" a Ace Double paperback, his work was also published in New Worlds Sci-Fi magazine with writer Michael Moorcock as editor in the mid 1960's. Cover art by Archie Ferguson. Uncommon classic horror title from Thomas Disch, collectible. 401 pgs. Large 8vo.

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, Inc., New York, January 1991. Vol 80, No 1, Whole No 476. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill Bauman. Featuring novelettes and short stories by John Morressy, John Kessel, David Redd, Elizabeth Engstrom, Madeleine E. Robins, Deborah Wessell. With essays by Harlan Ellison and Issac Asimov. First appearance of the novelette " Fair-Weather Fiend " of the The Kedrigern Chronicles by John Morressy . Cover art by Jill Bauman. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, New York, April 1995. Vol. 88, no. 4, Whole no. 527. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill bauman. Featuring short stories and novelettes by Ray Bradbury, Robert Reed, Ray Vukcevich, Maureen F. McHugh, Marcos Donnelly and more. First appearance of the short story by Ray Bradbury " Another Fine Mess ". Cover art by Jill Bauman. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Spilogale, Inc, Hoboken, New Jersey, March, 2009. Volume 116, No. 3, Whole No. 681. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill Bauman. Short stories and novelettes by Robert Bloch, Marc Laidlaw, Paul Di Filippo and more. Features the short story " That Hell-Bound Train" by Robert Bloch with essay by William Tenn only the second appearance in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the first appearance ever was in this magazine on September 1958. 164pgs. 12mo.

[ALGIS BUDRY]. MICHAELMAS. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, Inc, New York, August -Sept.,1976. Vol 51, No 2, Whole No 303. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. First appearance ever of the novel Michaelmas by Algis Budry, parts 1 & 2. Cover art by Greg Bear and David Hardy. 164 pgs. 8vo.

[DEAN KOONTZ]. A THIRD HAND. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, New York, January 1970. Vol 38, No 1, Whole No., 224. True first edition with the 60 cents cover price on front. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, very light shelf wear, micro-chip to upper left corner, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Overall a sharp near pristine copy, uncommon in this condition. First appearance of the novelette, "A Third Hand", by Dean Koontz. Appeared again as one of the short stories in the Ace Double paperback, "Soft Comes the Dragons" and is considered by many the best short story of that book. Stories by authors included here are from Edgar Pangborn, Jack Cady, Gene Wolfe and more. Cover art by Mel Hunter. Classic pulp science fiction collectible. 132 pgs. 12mo.

[DEAN KOONTZ]. THE TWELFTH BED. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, New York, January 1968. Vol 35, No 2, Whole No., 207. True first edition with the 50 cents cover price on front. Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, very light shelf wear, micro-chip to upper left corner, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Overall a sharp near pristine copy. First appearance of the short story, "The Twelfth Bed", by Dean Koontz. Appeared again as one of the short stories in the Ace Double paperback, "Soft Comes the Dragons" and is considered by many some of the author's best short stories. Stories by authors included here are from Piers Anthony, Brian Cleeve, Barry N. Malzberg and more. Cover art by Gahan Wilson. Classic pulp science fiction collectible. 132 pgs. 12mo.

[DEAN KOONTZ]. BRUNO. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, New York, April 1971. Vol 40, No. 4, Whole No., 239. True first edition with the 60 cents cover price on front. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, very light shelf wear, rubbing to corner extremities, price inscription on upper right corner, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Overall a sharp near pristine copy. First appearance of the novelette, "Bruno" featuring protagonist Jake Ash, by Dean Koontz. Stories by authors Poul Anderson, "The Queen of Air and Darkness", William Walling and more included here in this special Poul Anderson issue Cover art by Kelly Freas. Classic pulp science fiction collectible. 132 pgs. 12mo.

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press, Inc., New York, January 1997. Vol 92, No 1, Whole No 547. First Edition. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill Bauman. Short stories and novelettes by Steve Perry, Gene Wolfe, Robin Scott Wilson and others. First appearance ever of "No Planets Strike " short story by Gene WolfeCover art by Jill Bauman. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[PHILIP JOSE FARMER, FRITZ LEIBER, POUL & KAREN ANDERSON, ISSAC ASIMOV, GARY JENNINGS]. Edward L. Ferman (Editor). The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mercury Press, New York, November 1971. Vol. 41, No.5, Whole No. 246. With the original price of 75 cents on cover. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. Wraps are in a uncommon heavy watercolor paper stock. Rare autograph on the cover with silver sharpie pen by Philip Jose Farmer. First appearance of the story, "Only Who Can Make a Tree?", by Philip Jose Farmer. First appearance story by Poul Anderson and Karen Anderson, "A Feast for the Gods". Second appearance story from Fritz Leiber, " The Price of Pain Ease" from the "Swords Against Death" collection featuring "Fafhrd the Barbarian and the Gray Mouser". Additional contributions including the first appearance ever non-fiction essay "The Left Hand of the Electron" by Issac Asimov, the short story "How We Pass the Time in Hell" by Gary… Read More

[JILL BAUMAN]. THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION. Mercury Press,Inc., New York, April 1989. Vol 76, No 4, Whole No 455. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears unread, dog-ear chip to lower right corner, micro chips to rear panel extremities, pages are clean and binding tight. Signed on the contents page by cover artist Jill Bauman. Featuring novelettes and short stories by Alan Dean Foster, John Shirley, Larry Tritten and Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson. First appearance of the novelette "Jackalope" by Alan Dean Foster. Cover art by Jill Bauman. 164 pgs. 12mo.

[DASHIELL HAMMETT]. A MAN CALLED SPADE. Dell Publishing, New York, 1950. Second Edition. Dell Mapback #411 early reprint of Dell Mapback #90 with new cover art. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, classic iconic "Dell Keyhole" logo endpapers, original aqua color A.E.S. (All Edges Stained) pages, rubbing to spine edges, trivial water staining, scuffs near upper edge of last few pages, creases to covers mostly near spine, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A collection of five of the author's hard-boiled pulp detective fiction, only three short stories published during the author's lifetime featuring protagonist Sam Spade first published in the pulp magazine The American Magazine in 1932 with introduction by Ellery Queen. Cover art by Robert Stanley and mapback by Ruth Belew. Uncommon vintage paperback original Dell Mapback from a major author, collectible. 192 pgs. 16mo.

[HERB MEADOW]. SIGNED BY HELEN GERSHEN. THE MAN WHO STOLE THE WORD BEAUTIFUL. Voyager Press, Beverly Hills, California, 1987. First Edition; Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust jacket is near pristine, not price clipped with the original $12.95 price on inner flap, with a very few trivial micro-tears to edge extremities typical of jackets of this age. Scarce children's book by screenwriter Herb Meadow who created and wrote the original screenplay of the hit TV western " Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957-1963). He also wrote many other TV shows and feature films including the screenplay for the 1953 movie "The Master of Ballantrae" and wrote the photoplay novel of the 1944 film "Uncertain Glory" both moviesstarring Errol Flynn. Signed & inscribed by hand in calligraphy by calligraphy artist Helen Gershen. Illustrated by Gerda With. Calligraphy by Helen Gershen. As of this writing, this is the only known signed copy of this title on the market… Read More

[WINIFRED HOLTBY]. MANDOA, MANDOA! Macmillan Company, New York, 1933. First U.S. Edition. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. In publisher's original mint green cloth boards and original grey top-stained page edges, stamped in dark brown leaf design on spine and type of cover. Appears barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket condition: Good / Fair. Intact with original price of $2.50, chips to extremities, slightly sunned spine with one inch chip to lower spine, two by one inch chip to rear cover, one inch chip to edge on front cover, neat tape behind jacket to first flap, scarce DJ in any condition. DJ in professional collector Brodart mylar sleeve. Comedy about a fictional resort in remote Africa, from the same author of the 1936 novel South Riding. With dedication page to writer, feminist, nurse and journalist, Vera Mary Brittain. Beautiful Art Deco illustrations on dust jacket, cast of characters on front inner flap and reviewer blurbs on rear inner flap. Classic 1930's comedy… Read More

[HARLAN ELLISON]. JOHN MCCLOUD (EDITOR). MANHUNT. Eagle Publications, New York, August, 1956. Vol. 4, No. 8. First Edition. True first edition with the original 35 cent price on the cover. Condition: Very Good +. Appears lightly read, a few creases to extremities, minor indents, dealer inscription on cover typical of vintage pulp magazines, else pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. A very good plus copy of a uncommon pulp magazine. Features the pulp fiction short story " Rat Hater " by Harlan Ellison. Early pulp fiction stories from Harlan Ellison from the 1950s originally published in pulp magazines are rare and Manhunt was considered the gold standard detective pulp magazine in it's day. Other pulp stories by some of the top pulp fiction writers of the day; Frank Kane, Henry Slesar, C.L. Sweeney Jr, Philip Weck, Jack Ritchie, Dan Sontup and more. Cover art by Frank Cozzarelli. Classic pulp fiction magazine and highly collectible. 128 pgs. 12mo.

[ROBERT E. HOWARD]. MARCHERS OF VALHALLA. Sphere, London, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Original price of 65p on the rear panel. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, cover has much of the original gloss, faint crease near spine, pages are clean, unmarked and binding tight. A very good plus to about near fine copy. Original collection packed with stories by Robert E. Howard the creator of Conan including the short story "A Thunder of Trumpets" originally published in the 1938 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, "Marchers of Valhalla" a previously unpublished novelette, "The Valley of the Lost" a previously unpublished weird western along with about half a dozen more novelettes and short stories. Cover art by Melvyn Grant. R.E.H. fantasy pulp collection, collectible. 156 pgs.

[VICKI GOLDBERG]. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE. HarperTrade, New York, 1986. First Edition, First printing. True first edition stated with full number line. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust jacket Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Not price clipped with the original price of $25.95, mild shelf wear and micro-creases to extremities. Overall a near pristine fine copy. Cover art photography by Sunil Janah. Uncommon first edition biography of a major 20th Century documentary photographer, collectible. 413 pgs +[11]. 8vo.

[LESTER DEL REY]. MAROONED ON MARS. Paperback Library, New York, 1967. First Edition, First printing stated. True first edition with the original 50 cent front cover price and Paperback Library #52-415 catalog number also on cover. Condition: VG+ / Very Good. Appears unread, mild creases to covers, micro-chips to corner edges of covers and spine edge extremities, light soiling to back panel typical of vintage paperbacks of this age otherwise pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A Very Good plus copy. The original hardback YA Robinsonade novel story was published by the John C. Winston Company in 1952, this is the very first edition in paperback. Classic YA (young adults) science fiction first edition collectible. 158 pgs. 16mo.

[ISAAC ASIMOV]. THE MARTIAN WAY AND OTHER STORIES. Signet, New York, 1957. First Edition, First printing. True first edition paperback original Signet #S1433 with the original 35 cent price on the front cover. Condition: VG. Appears barely read, reading creases to front/rear cover near spine, rubbing, creases to spine, micro-chips to extremities, creases to covers typical of vintage paperbacks of this age else pages are clean and binding tight. Cover art by Richard Powers. Vintage paperback original science fiction collection from a major author, collectible. 159 pgs. 16mo.

[LYNDON HARDY]. MASTER OF THE FIVE MAGICS. Del Rey / Ballantine, New York, 1980. Elusive true first edition vintage paperback original Ballantine #27635 with the original $2.25 price on the front cover. Includes first edition points "October 1980" with no number line, stated "First Edition" and the last page is 374 with "About the Author". Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, creases to spine, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. A about fine to very good plus copy. Cover art by Rowena Morrill. Modern fantasy vintage paperback original, scarce collectible. 374 pgs.